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Tsalite

@tsalite.bsky.social

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She/they. Formerly Exhausted Potato of Twitter. Lover of books, games, snacks, and naps. Pro-choice, pro- LGBTQIA+, pro-science. Atheist druid with witchy tendencies.

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · Nov 13

For anyone who's looking for a good place to start taking action, you can get free online training for how to intervene as a bystander when you witness harassment. One such group that offers is this Right to Be, which offers multiple Zoom training sessions each month:

righttobe.org

Home Page - Right To Be

Right To Be is empowering everyone to create a world without harassment and filled with humanity.

righttobe.org

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 23h

Oh okay. I was so worried that I'd accidentally been mean.

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 23h

In case you're wondering how I'm feeling today, I just wrote part of a song that I'm calling Fuck Your Blue Balls.

#4b
#smashthepatriarchy

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA now threatening grocery stores who offer discounts to SNAP recipients.

People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve.

40% of SNAP households have children.

If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds. n.pr/490aPMO

Trump administration faces Monday deadline on use of contingency funds for SNAP

President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways. n.pr/47B4pRT

Cars are essential in most of the U.S. They're also increasingly unaffordable

The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I just realized that you may have thought I was calling you grumpy. I wasn't! I was making sure we were talking about the same thing.

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Lol his main attributes are metal and moodiness. Idk I liked him so much as a kid when literally any other X-Man(woman) cared more.

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endeavorance 🕊️ @endeavorance.camp · 1d

Hey so like

care about people 👍

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I tried dating several months ago. Very clearly communicated being demisexual.

First guy: "sex is very important to me." No dates.

Second guy: couldn't stop sneaking in innuendos, moreso in the second (and last) date.

I'm done dating now, probably forever.

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Really? That's awesome!

...Sometimes I can sing the right notes, but only when nobody that makes me uncomfortable is listening 😅

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever's paying the most

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TrekkieLady @trekkielady.bsky.social · 1d

This is NOT ok, folks. Keep #StandingUP #WeThePeople

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say

Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah maybe. The original is def better though.

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Grumpy Cat, no? I did always have doubts about the origins of their "real" name though ngl

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I may have just watched it on YT... twice. They should have kept the full version.

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Oo yes I liked the imagery paired with the lyrics for Your Idol soooo much because of how sinister it was

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Crap. Sorry. I've been using it since my MLP days when we unofficially named that one pony and never thought of it beyond meaning like "goofy."

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I love the music but also I also really want a Derpy Tiger plush 😅

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

"Millenials are killing the restaurant industry!"

Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I've been fighting the urge to rewatch it since I first saw it on Friday. It's such a good movie!

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Tsalite @tsalite.bsky.social · 1d

I bet he can't even expand on that because he has no idea what the non-kaboom parts are.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

FACTS about SNAP:

-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 5d

In case you missed it, the felon is officially a king and has the crown to prove it thanks to South Korea.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 5d

Oh good, South Korea gave Trump an actual gold crown. The symbolism certainly isn’t great, but thankfully Trump (probably) won’t be wearing it to reenact his gross No Kings protest memes.

Oh Good, Now Trump Has an Actual Gold Crown

Oh good, South Korea gave Trump an actual gold crown. The symbolism certainly isn’t great, but thankfully Trump (probably) won’t be wearing it to reenact his gross No Kings protest memes.

nymag.com

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